This application is a national phase of International Application No. PCT/CN2016/110954 filed Dec. 20, 2016, and claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201510971669.X filed on Dec. 22, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a direct-current relay, in particular to a high-voltage direct-current relay and an assembly method therefor.
A relay is an electronic control device. It has a control system (also called an input circuit) and a controlled system (also called an output circuit), and is usually applied in automatic control circuits. It is actually an “automatic switch” to control a larger current with a smaller current. Therefore, it plays a role such as automatic adjustment, safety protection, and circuit conversion in the circuit.
A DC relay is one kind of relay. Most of the existing DC relays adopt a movable spring direct-acting (also called solenoid direct-acting) scheme. The contact part of the DC relay includes two stationary contacts and a movable assembly. The movable assembly includes a movable spring part and a pushing rod assembly. The movable spring part is composed of a movable spring and movable contact points at both ends of and the movable spring. The movable spring is of a direct-acting type. When the movable contact points at both ends of the movable spring are respectively in contact with the two stationary contacts, current flows into one of the stationary contacts and then out of the other stationary contact through the movable spring. The movable spring part is mounted on one end of the pushing rod assembly, and the other end of the pushing rod assembly is connected to a movable iron core. When current is applied to the coil to move the movable iron core upward, the movable iron core drives the pushing rod assembly to move upwards, such that the movable contact points at both ends of the movable spring respectively contact the two stationary contacts. When the coil is disconnected from the current, the movable iron core is moved downward under action of a return spring, the movable iron core drives the pushing rod assembly to move downwards, such that the movable contact points at both ends of the movable spring move away from the two stationary contacts respectively. In the related art, a DC relay has a pushing rod assembly usually formed by integral injection molding (as disclosed in Patent Publication No. CN104412353A). The pushing rod assembly is used to inject the pushing rod and a U-shaped basket together. The pushing rod is configured to connect a movable iron core, and the U-shaped basket is configured to adapt to the movable spring part. Since the pushing rod and the U-shaped basket are formed by integral injection molding, it is difficult to ensure the accuracy of the pushing rod assembly, resulting in difficulty in injection molding. In addition, it is not convenient to mount the movable spring part, making it more difficult to realize automated assembly. On the other hand, the existing high-voltage direct-current relay has a drawback that it may generate arcs when a large current is applied, causing defects such as adhesion or burning of movable and stationary contact points.
This section provides background information related to the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art.
An objective of the present disclosure is to overcome the deficiencies in the related art and provide a high-voltage direct-current relay and an assembly method therefor. By splitting the pushing rod assembly into two separate parts, one of which is an injection molded part (i.e., the pushing rod part) which has characteristics of a simple structure, being convenient for molding, and being easy to achieve dimensional accuracy. Moreover, not only the assembly between the two parts is simple, but also it is easy to achieve the automatic assembly of the matching parts. In addition, it can effectively avoid the stuck when the contacts are connected, improve the anti-stuck ability.
The technical solution adopted by the present disclosure to solve the technical problems is as follows.
There is provided a high-voltage direct-current relay including two stationary contacts and a movable assembly, the movable assembly including a movable spring part, a main spring and a pushing rod assembly. The pushing rod assembly is composed of a pushing rod part and a U-shaped basket as two separate parts. The pushing rod part includes a fixing piece and a pushing rod fixed together with insulating plastic. After the main spring, the movable spring part and the U-shaped basket are sequentially mounted on the top of the pushing rod part, the two ends of the fixing piece are respectively secured to the bottom of the side part of the U-shaped basket, such that the main spring is elastically tightened between the bottom surface of the movable spring part and the insulating plastic of the pushing rod part, and the movable spring of the movable spring part is pressed to the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket.
There is also provided a method for assembling a high-voltage direct-current relay, including steps of:
A. forming a fixed piece and a pushing rod into a one-piece pushing rod part by injection mold;
B. sequentially mounting a main spring, a movable spring part and a U-shaped basket on the top of the pushing rod part;
C. utilizing the characteristics that two side parts of the U-shaped basket can be elastically opened, respectively snapping two ends of the fixing piece into clamping holes on the two side parts of the U-shaped basket, such that the main spring is elastically tightened between the bottom surface of the spring part and the insulating plastic of the pushing rod part, and pressing the movable spring of the movable spring part against the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket; and
D. fixing the two ends of the fixing piece respectively to the clamping holes on the bottom of the two side parts of the U-shaped basket by riveting or laser welding.
With the above technical solution, compared with the related art, the beneficial effects obtained by the present disclosure are as follows.
(1) The pushing rod assembly is divided into two separate parts of a U-shaped basket and a pushing rod part, the U-shaped basket is made of a metal material (non-magnetic material is preferred), and the pushing rod part is integrally injection-molded by the pushing rod and the fixing piece made of a metal material. Since the parts involved in injection molding have a simple structure, the dimensional accuracy of the pushing rod part can be easily ensured, and the difficulty in injection molding can be greatly reduced.
(2) The pushing rod assembly is divided into two separate parts of a U-shaped basket and a pushing rod part, and the U-basket and the fixed piece of the pushing rod part adopt a clamping method. By such structure, the main spring, the movable spring part and the U-shaped basket are sequentially mounted on the top of the pushing rod part to facilitate the assembly of the movable spring part and the main spring. Such structure can adopt a “bottom-up” assembly method, and is easy to implement automated assembly.
(3) A first lug is provided on the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket, and the first lug is disposed on one side corresponding to the width of the movable spring, such that when the contact points are separated, due to the action of the first lug on the inner first lug of the U-shaped basket pressing against the movable spring, the movable spring is inclined to one side of the width. With such structure of the present disclosure, when the contact points are separated, the movable spring is inclined under the tension of the main spring such that the arc point is separated from the contact point to ensure a small contact resistance. When the contact points are closed, the movable spring starts to tilt to the level of the movable spring (that is, the final reliable contact between the movable contact point and the stationary contact point), such that the movable contact point and the stationary contact point “rolled” during the contact process, thereby effectively preventing stuck and improving the anti-stuck capability.
(4) Due to the adoption of the two conical springs, the structure of the present disclosure can ensure that the operating voltage of the product is small while ensuring the contact pressure, or the contact pressure of the product can be designed to be large to provide reliable contact for the product while ensuring the operating voltage. This is desirable for resisting large fault currents.
(5) With the third lug provided on the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket, which is disposed on one side corresponding to the length of the movable spring, when the contact points are separated, under the action of the third lug on the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket pressing against the movable spring, the movable spring is inclined to one side of the length. With such structure of the present disclosure, the movable spring part may be inclined in the length direction of the movable spring. When the movable contact point and the stationary contact are stuck, the inclination can greatly improve the separation ability of the product.
This section provides a summary of various implementations or examples of the technology described in the disclosure, and is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all features of the disclosed technology.
The technical solutions described in the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
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The movable assembly includes a movable spring part 6, a main spring 2 and a pushing rod assembly. The movable spring part 6 is composed of a movable spring 61 and movable contact points 62 at both ends of the movable spring. The pushing rod assembly is composed of a pushing rod part 8 and a U-shaped basket 7 made of metal material as two separate parts. The U-shaped basket has an inverted U shape with an opening downward, and is composed of a top part 71 and two side parts 72. The pushing rod part 8 includes a fixed piece 82 and a pushing rod 81 fixed together with insulating plastic. The fixed piece 82 is also made of metal material. One end of the pushing rod 81 is connected with the fixed piece 82 through insulating plastic, and the other end of the pushing rod 81 is connected with the movable iron core 3. When the movable contact points 62 at both ends of the movable spring 61 contact with the stationary contact points of the two stationary contacts 11 and 12 respectively, current flows into one of the stationary contacts, passes through the movable spring and flows from the other stationary contact. When current is applied to the coil 5 to move the movable iron core 3 upward, the movable iron core 3 drives the pushing rod assembly to move upwards, such that the movable contact points at both ends of the movable spring 61 contact the two stationary contacts 11 and 12 respectively. When the coil 5 is disconnected from the current, the movable iron core is moved downward by the action of the return spring, and the movable iron core 3 drives the pushing rod assembly to move downward, such that the movable contact points 62 at both ends of the movable spring 61 are separated from the two stationary contacts 11, 12 respectively. After the main spring 2, the movable spring part 6 and the U-shaped basket 7 are sequentially mounted on the top of the pushing rod part 8, the two ends of the fixing piece 82 are respectively fixed to the bottom of the side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7, such that the main spring 2 is elastically stretched between the bottom surface of the movable spring part 6 and the insulating plastic 83 of the pushing rod part 8, and the movable spring 61 of the movable spring part is pushed toward the inner side of the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket 7.
In the present embodiment, a first lug 711 is provided on the inner side of the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket 7, and the first lug 711 is disposed on one side corresponding to the width of the movable spring 61, such that when the contact points are separated, due to the action of the lug 711 on the inner side of the top of the U-shaped basket 7 pressing against the movable spring 61, the movable spring 61 is inclined to one side of the width (as shown in
In the present embodiment, the first lug 711 is formed by the die flushing from the corresponding position of the top part 71. Of course, it may also be formed by bending the corresponding position.
The bottom of the two side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7 is provided with a clamping hole 721. The two ends of the fixing piece 82 are respectively fitted into the clamping holes 721 of the two side parts 72, and the two ends of the fixing piece 82 are respectively fixed to the clamping holes 721 of the two side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7 by riveting. Of course, laser welding can also be used to achieve a fixed relationship between the two.
In both side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7 a reduction hole 722 for reducing the amount and weight of the material is also provided.
The fixing piece 82 and the pushing rod 81 are fixed together by injection molding. The insulating plastic 83 covers the upper surface of the fixing piece 82.
The insulating plastic 83 also protrudes upwards as a whole and is provided with a first boss 831 for limiting the main spring. The bottom end of the main spring 2 is sleeved on the first boss 831.
The bottom surface of the movable spring 61 is provided with a second boss 611 protruding downwards, and the top end of the main spring 2 is sleeved on the second boss 611.
The second boss 611 is formed by punching the movable spring 61 to form a lug.
A method for assembling a high-voltage direct-current relay according to the present disclosure includes an assembling step of a movable assembly. The step includes:
A. injection molding the fixed piece 82 and the pushing rod 81 into a one-piece pushing rod part 8;
B. sequentially mounting the main spring 2, the movable spring part 6, the U-shaped basket 7 on the top of the pushing rod part 8.
C. utilizing the characteristics that the two side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7 can be elastically opened, respectively snapping the two ends of the fixing piece 82 into the clamping holes 721 on the two side parts of the U-shaped basket, such that the main spring 2 is elastically tightened between the bottom surface of the spring part 6 and the insulating plastic 83 of pushing rod part 8, and the movable spring 61 of the movable spring part 6 is pressed against the inner side of the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket 7.
D. respectively fixing both ends of the fixing piece 82 to the clamping holes 721 on the bottom of the two side parts 72 of the U-shaped basket 7 by riveting or laser welding.
In the high-voltage direct-current relay according to the present disclosure, after the coil 5 is applied with the working current, the pushing rod 81 drives the U-shaped basket 7 and the movable spring upward, such that the two movable contact points 62 of the movable spring part respectively contact the two stationary contacts 11 and 12. Before the movable core 3 is moved into position, the pushing rod 81 drives the U-shaped basket 7 to continue to move upward. The movable spring part is blocked by the stationary contact and compresses the main spring 2, a gap is formed between the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket and the movable spring 61, and the movable spring is horizontal. When the coil 5 is disconnected from the current, the movable iron core 3 moves downwards, and the pushing rod 81 drives the U-shaped basket 7 to move downwards. As the movable iron core 3 continues to move downwards, the main spring 2 stretches to make the movable spring 61 to contact with the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket, and the movable spring inclines, such that the two movable contact points 62 of the movable spring part are separated from the stationary contact points of the two stationary contacts 11 and 12, respectively.
A high-voltage direct-current relay according to the present disclosure divides the pushing rod assembly into two separate parts of a U-shaped basket 7 and a pushing rod part 8. The U-shaped basket 7 is made of a metal material, and the pushing rod part 8 is integrally injection-molded by the pushing rod 81 and the fixing piece 82 made of a metal material. Since the parts involved in injection molding have a simple structure, the dimensional accuracy of the pushing rod part 8 can be easily ensured, and the difficulty in injection molding can be greatly reduced.
According to the present disclosure, a high-voltage direct-current relay divides the pushing rod assembly into two separate parts of a U-shaped basket 7 and a pushing rod part 8, and the U-basket 7 and the fixed piece 82 of the pushing rod part 82 adopt a clamping method. In the structure, the main spring 2, the movable spring part 6 and the U-shaped basket 7 are sequentially mounted on the top of the pushing rod part 8 to facilitate the assembly of the movable spring part 6 and the main spring 2. Such structure can adopt a “bottom-up” assembly method, and is easy to implement automated assembly.
In the high-voltage direct-current relay of the present disclosure, a first lug 711 is provided on the inner side of the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket 7, and the first lug 711 is disposed on one side corresponding to the width of the movable spring 61, such that when the contact points are separated, due to the action of the inner first lug 711 of the U-shaped basket 7 pressing against the movable spring 61, the movable spring 61 is inclined to one side of the width. With such structure of the present disclosure, when the contact points are separated, the movable spring 61 is inclined under the tension of the main spring 2 such that the arc point is separated from the contact point to ensure a small contact resistance. When the contact points are closed, the movable spring 61 starts to tilt to the level of the movable spring (that is, the final reliable contact between the movable contact point and the stationary contact point), such that the movable contact point and the stationary contact point “rolled” during the contact process, thereby effectively preventing stuck and improving the anti-stuck capability.
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The second lug 712 is formed by bending the corresponding position of the U-shaped basket top part 71 or formed by die punching.
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The third lug 713 is formed by bending the corresponding position of the U-shaped basket top part 71 or formed by die punching.
In the high-voltage direct-current relay of the present disclosure, with the third lug 713 provided on the inner side of the top part 71 of the U-shaped basket, which is disposed on one side corresponding to the length of the movable spring 61 such that when the contact points are separated, under the action of the third lug 713 on the inner side of the top part of the U-shaped basket pressing against the movable spring 61, the movable spring is inclined to one side of the length. With such structure of the present disclosure, the movable spring part 6 may be inclined in the length direction of the movable spring. When the contact points are separated, one of the contacts is first disconnected, and then the other contact point is disconnected. It may be performed with a relatively small separation force. Therefore, when the movable contact point and the stationary contact are stuck, the inclination can greatly improve the separation ability of the product.
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The fourth lug 714 is formed by bending the corresponding position of the U-shaped basket top part 71 or formed by die punching.
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The main spring 2 is a conical structure 21.
In the high-voltage direct-current relay of the present disclosure, due to the adoption of the two conical springs 21, the structure of the present disclosure can ensure that the operating voltage of the product is small while ensuring the contact pressure, or the contact pressure of the product can be designed to be large to provide reliable contact for the product while ensuring the operating voltage. This is desirable for resisting large fault currents.
In this embodiment, double cone springs 21 are adopted. The conical spring is also called a conical helix compression spring or a pagoda spring, as shown in
The DC product of the present disclosure is a “spiral tube” monostable structure, the operating voltage of the product and the contact pressure of the product (F3 in
The above is only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and does not impose any limitation on the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any person skilled in the art can make many possible variations and modifications to the technical solutions of the present disclosure, or modify equivalent embodiments, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure. Therefore, any content that does not depart from the technical solutions of the present disclosure, any simple alterations, equivalent changes, and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure.
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